Resolution mepc. 186(59) Adopted on 17 July 2009

RESOLUTION MEPC.186(59) Adopted on 17 July 2009 AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973

RESOLUTION MEPC.186(59)
Adopted on 17 July 2009

AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING TO THE
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF
POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973

(Addition of anew chapter 8 to MARPOL Annex I and consequential amendments to the
Supplement to the IOPP Certificate, Form B)


THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE, RECALLING Article a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (the Committee) conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution, NOTING Article 16 of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the “1973 Convention) and article VI of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 hereinafter referred to as the “1978 Protocol) which together specify the amendment procedure of the 1978 Protocol and confer upon the appropriate body of the Organization the function of considering and adopting amendments to the 1973 Convention, as modified by the 1978 Protocol
(MARPOL 73/78), HAVING CONSIDERED proposed amendments to Annex I of MARPOL 73/78,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with Articled) of the 1973 Convention, the amendments to Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 concerning the addition of anew chapter 8 and consequential amendments to the Supplement to the IOPP Certificate, Form B, the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution
2. DETERMINES, in accordance with Article 16(2)(f)(iii) of the 1973 Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2010 unless, prior to that date, not less than one-third of the Parties or Parties the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50 percent of the gross tonnage of the world’s merchant fleet, have communicated to the Organization their objection to the amendments
3. INVITES the Parties to note that, in accordance with Article 16(2)(g)(ii) of the 1973 Convention, the said amendments shall enter into force on 1 January 2011 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with Article e) of the 1973 Convention, to transmit to all Parties to MARPOL 73/78 certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the annex and
5. REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to transmit to the Members of the Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL 73/78 copies of the present resolution and its annex. RESOLUTION MEPC.186(59) Adopted on 17 July 2009 AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973

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(Addition of anew chapter 8 to MARPOL and Annex I and consequential amendments to